Chapter 528 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“To talk and make peace. Let’s have a decent conversation like adults,” Sara suggested, and Janet shook her head.

“Talk and make peace? You don’t sound like you came here for any of that,” Andrew observed.

“I have nothing to say to you, and there is nothing you have to say that I’m willing to listen to,” Janet said, and Sara’s lips twitched.

“I won’t be so sure about that if I were you,” She said, suspecting that Janet didn’t know about her meeting with Celsie.

“Quietly crawl back into whatever hole you came out from…”

“Funny that was the same thing your daughter said while we had brunch earlier. What was her name, Celsie? Celestia Miller, isn’t it? Did she tell you she had lunch with her aunty? I bet she didn’t. Funny I didn’t even know who she was until she introduced herself to me,” Sara cut in with a cold smile, and Janet raised a brow.

“What are you talking about?” She asked, and Sara smiled as she shrugged.

“You see why I told you not to be so sure about that? Now you are interested in hearing what I have to say, aren’t you? Can I come in? We should talk, don’t you agree?” Sara asked, and both Andrew and Janet exchanged a look, but Janet shook her head.

As much as she was curious to find out what had transpired between Sara and Celsie, Sara wasn’t the best person to hear it from. Sara was a liar and she couldn’t believe any word from her. She was just going to hear it from Celsie instead.

“No, I don’t agree. You are bad news, Sara. I don’t want you inside my house. I don’t care about what you discussed with Celsie, what matters is that she saw you for what you are,” Janet said, and Sara sighed.

“That is fair considering what I did. But can you at least hear me out? I won’t bother you again after now,” Sara promised.

“Because I don’t want you pestering me or my family again, I will hear you out, that way my husband and I can return to what we were doing inside before you interrupted us,” Janet said, and Sara tried not to roll her eyes.

“How about we go out then? Maybe sit at a cafe or a restaurant?” She offered, but Janet shook her head.

“No. I’m not spending that much time with you. Besides, I don’t want to be seen anywhere with someone like you. Aren’t you worried that people might find out we are related and you aren’t really an orphan as you claim?” Janet asked, and Sara smiled.

“I see you still care about me irrespective of your anger. I’ve missed you, Janey. I’m sorry I left the way I did,” Sara said, and Janet shook her head.

“Care about you? You must have hit your head somewhere on your way here. Let me tell you something, the only reason I didn’t expose you is because mom made me promise not to expose you, not because I care about you. Do you really think I am gullible enough to buy the bullshit you came here to sell? After thirty years you suddenly realize that what you did was wrong?” Janet asked, and Sara gave her a nod.

“I understand this might be difficult for you to believe and understand, but it is the truth. I’m sick, Janey. I’m dying. As my last days are approaching I have come to realize the futility of life. How meaningless and empty life is without family. I have everything money can buy but I have no one aside a bunch of strangers serving me. All I want is to spend my last days with you. With my family. I need your forgiveness. I want to also pay back the money I stole from dad. I will pay it back in ten folds to make up for all the trouble,” Sara said as she opened her purse and took out a cheque note which she handed to Janet.

“I already stopped by the cemetery to apologize to dad and mom. I really want to make amends. I need to be able to face dad and mom when I meet them after I die,” Sara said with a sniffle as she raised her handkerchief to her eyes to wipe her nonexistent tears.

Watching Sara’s act, Janet suddenly burst into a fit of uncontrollable laughter, and Sara blinked at her in confusion.

Janet shook her head, “Your acting seems to have gotten better. You seem to have forgotten something, Sara, and it makes me wonder if the plastic surgeries affected your brain. I know you better than anyone else. You are my twin sister, remember? I know just how evil, deceptive, and cunning you are. You can’t deceive me. I can always see through you and I know when you are telling lies. Did you really think this miserable cheque was enough to settle everything and make things right between us? What a joke!” Janet hissed as she tore the cheque in two, surprising Sara.

“There is nothing I wish more than for you to die a slow, painful, and lonely death. I wish that you experience in ten folds the pain you caused our family. You don’t even deserve to have a dog by your side when you die, you vile creature,” Janet cursed, and spat in front of her before walking into the house and shutting the door in Sara’s stunned face.

Janet was the nice, sweet and forgiving one. What changed? Sara thought with a sigh as she stared at the door not knowing what to do now. She had hoped to at least win Janet over.

Now that her plan was ruined and both Janet and Harry were no longer part of her options, her last hope was her daughter. She hoped her daughter was alive, and they would be able to find her soon.

She would do whatever it would take to win her daughter over, even if it meant bequeathing her entire property to her, not that she had any plans of dying soon.

Benne eyed Jamal with mock annoyance as Celsie lay on the bed beside him, reading a bedtime story while Jamal giggled each time Celsie switched her voice to suit the character she was reading about.

Benne sighed when Celsie finished the second story and Jamal was still wide awake, “Shouldn’t you be fast asleep now, young man?” Benne asked, and Jamal shook his head.

“No. I love listening to Celsie’s voice,” Jamal said, and Benne scowled at him

“Aww!” Celsie exclaimed with a giggle as she leaned forward to kiss his forehead and cheeks.

“You seem to like everything about her. Is there anything you don’t like about her?” Benne asked, and Jamal bobbed his head, surprising both Benne and Celsie.

“And what may that be?” Celsie asked curiously, and Jamal pointed at Benne.

“Your boyfriend. I don’t like that you have a boyfriend,” Jamal said with a grin, and Celsie burst into a peal of laughter, while Benne chuckled at Jamal’s sense of humor.

“You got jokes, huh?” Benne asked as he poked Jamal’s abdomen, making him squeal with laughter as he scrambled closer to Celsie.

“Can you sleep here tonight?” Jamal asked Celsie with puppy eyes, but before Celsie could respond, Benne responded.

“No!”

“Why? Because you want to do adult stuff?” Jamal asked, making Benne and Celsie’s exchange amused glances.

“What do you mean by adult stuff?”

“Where did you hear that from?” Benne and Celsie asked simultaneously, and Jamal shrugged.

“Preston always talks about how he hears his parents doing adult stuff at night,” Jamal whispered conspiratorially, and Celsie looked at him with amused interest.

“I assume Preston is your friend?” She asked curiously.

“Preston is my best friend in school,” Jamal said, and Celsie nodded thoughtfully.

“Does your mom know about Preston?” Celsie asked, and Jamal gave her a nod.

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